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Athletes of the Week

Boys

Anthony Golowach

Cary-Grove, jr.

Golowach cleared 6 feet, 9 inches to set the high jump record at the Fox Valley Conference Meet on Friday at McHenry’s McCracken Field.

Golowach made 6-8 to break what had been the meet’s oldest record, 6-71⁄2, set by Dundee’s Craig Everett in 1981.

On his next attempt, Golowach made 6-9, which ties him for the highest jump in the state this outdoor season, according to dyestat.com, a website that records the state’s top performances. West Aurora’s Aviance King, Granite City’s Marcus Mason and Lockport’s Karrington Ward also have made 6-9.

Girls

Allison Rogutich

Marengo, so.

Rogutich went 35 feet, 7 inches to take second in the triple jump at the IHSA Class 2A Rochelle Sectional on Saturday. The jump was the best of Rogutich’s career.

She also ran 48.43 seconds in the 300-meter low hurdles to take second, qualifying for state in that event, too.

Rogutich will compete in the IHSA Class 2A Girls State Meet today at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium. Her triple jump at the sectional was eighth-best out of Class 2A sectionals.

Noteworthy

Big-time throw: Harvard senior Emily Scott faced another unsatisfying performance in the Class 1A shot put at the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet on Thursday afternoon in Charleston.

Scott’s first two throws were nowhere near long enough to qualify. She feared it was going to be another forgettable state appearance.

“I came over to my coach and he said, ‘Just throw it out there,’ ” Scott said. “I channeled any aggression I had into that and threw it as far as I could.”

Scott’s throw of 35 feet, 9 inches was enough to get her to Saturday’s finals. She qualified as the 12th of 12 competitors to advance.

Scott was the only of four Harvard entries to advance from Thursday’s preliminaries. The 4x800-meter relay team of Brittany Carr, Kassie Wallner, Shawn Widmayer and Kirsten Widmayer did not qualify. Scott missed in the discus, and Carr did not make the finals in the 800.

This week’s top meets

Girls

IHSA State Meet

Today and Saturday, Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium

The preliminary heats and flights for Classes 2A and 3A will run today. Finals for Classes 1A, 2A and 3A will be Saturday.

Boys

Class 1A Genoa-Kingston
Sectional, 4 p.m. today

Local teams: Alden-Hebron, Harvard

Class 2A Grayslake Central Sectional, 3:30 p.m. today

Local teams: Crystal Lake Central, Johnsburg, Marengo, Marian Central, Prairie Ridge, Richmond-Burton, Woodstock and Woodstock North

Class 2A Sterling Sectional,
4 p.m. today

Local team: Hampshire

Class 3A Huntley Sectional,
4 p.m. today

Local teams: Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake South, Dundee-Crown, Huntley, Jacobs and McHenry.

– Joe Stevenson
jstevenson@nwherald.com